I’m still not sure just what the Pallys thought they would accomplish by getting the dictator’s club to give them a “state” in name only. Got their flag run up the pole out front, anyhow. But I do understand the Knesset’s decision to retaliate by cancelling the 10-month “peace process” freeze on construction of 3,000 new homes for Jews in Jerusalem and Samaria.
“Counter productive,” fumed Barry’s administration. Oh, boo-hoo. Hard cheese, I say. It’s about time Israel stopped worrying about the Pally backers and got down to business. The Pallys don’t care about peace (Abu Mazen never agreed to talk peace even once during the freeze) and they never will. They should all saddle up and ride east across the river to live in Jordan, since the Muslim Brotherhood likely will be taking over there in the spring. This new construction may help encourage their migration. As it should.
UPDATE: The “two-state solution” and the “peace process” have always been shams concocted for diplomatic purposes. Their Western creators have always known very well that the Pallys don’t care about either one. The home building might be the last opportunity to make them real, though my preference would be for them to migrate east.
THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER 
There are two different angles to the story. First – the one that really concerns me – is the timing and the pomp of that “decision”, having a lot to do with a) not having anything to reply to Pal’s UN move and picking this feeble response. And a poke in the White House eye, too widely discussed everywhere.
The second angle – the things on the ground – is that it may take up to 2 years before the actual construction starts. Lots of things can happen, as Bibi himself hinted to Angela Merkel the other day…
Yes, from what I’ve been reading at Ynet, etc., it sounds like Bibi will weasel out of it soon. Ah, Ben Gurion, where are you when you’re needed?